What can't be eaten with persimmons?

Autumn is the season for persimmon harvest. Persimmons are very nutritious and contain rich sucrose, glucose, carotene, vitamin C, citrulline, iodine, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. But do you know what you can't eat with persimmons? Friends who love to eat persimmons, please pay attention. Let's take a look at the nutritional value of persimmons.

Nutritional value of persimmon:

Persimmons are rich in nutrients. Compared with apples, except for the zinc and copper content, persimmons are superior in other ingredients. A foreign proverb says, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." However, when it comes to preventing atherosclerosis of the heart vessels, persimmons are far more effective than apples and can be called the king of fruits that are beneficial to heart health. Therefore, "an apple a day is not as good as a persimmon a day."

Another feature of persimmons is that they contain iodine. Therefore, eating persimmons is very helpful for patients with endemic goiter caused by iodine deficiency. If ordinary people eat persimmons regularly, it is also very beneficial for preventing iodine deficiency.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, persimmons are sweet, astringent, and cold in nature. They have the functions of clearing away heat and dryness, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, softening hard masses, quenching thirst and promoting the production of body fluids, strengthening the spleen, treating dysentery, and stopping bleeding. They can relieve constipation, hemorrhoid pain or bleeding, dry cough, sore throat, and high blood pressure. Therefore, persimmons are a natural health food for patients with chronic bronchitis, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and internal and external hemorrhoids. If persimmon leaves are decocted or brewed with water as tea, they can also promote metabolism, lower blood pressure, increase coronary blood flow, and relieve cough and resolve phlegm.

What can't be eaten with persimmons?

1. Persimmon and octopus.

Octopus is sweet, salty and cold, non-toxic, and its medicinal properties are cold but not laxative, and it can nourish blood and replenish qi. Persimmons are sweet and astringent, and because they both have cold medicinal properties, they should not be eaten together, otherwise it will damage the intestines and easily cause diarrhea. At the same time, octopus is also a high-protein food. When the protein meets the tannic acid in persimmons, it is easy to condense into tannic acid protein, which gathers in the stomach and intestines and can cause vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat persimmons immediately after eating protein-rich foods.

2. Persimmon and kelp.

If kelp is eaten together with persimmons which are high in tannic acid, the calcium ions in kelp can combine with the tannic acid in fruits such as persimmons to form insoluble complexes, which will affect the digestion and absorption of certain nutrients and cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Therefore, kelp should not be eaten together with fruits such as persimmons.

3. Persimmon and seaweed.

Nori is also a food rich in calcium ions. When eaten together with persimmons which contain too much tannic acid, insoluble compounds will be formed. The principle is the same as the relationship between kelp and persimmons.

4. Persimmons and sweet potatoes.

Persimmons are sweet and cold in nature. They can clear away heat, promote the production of body fluids, and moisten the lungs. They contain nutrients such as protein, sugar, fat, pectin, tannic acid, vitamins, and inorganic salts. Sweet potatoes are sweet and neutral in nature. They can replenish qi, strengthen qi, and strengthen kidney yin. They contain a large amount of nutrients such as sugar. These two foods are beneficial to the body separately, but if they are eaten at the same time, they are not good for the body. Because eating sweet potatoes will produce a lot of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, if you eat some persimmons, the persimmons will precipitate under the action of gastric acid. The precipitates will accumulate together and form water-insoluble lumps, which are difficult to digest and difficult to excrete. People are prone to gastric persimmon stones, and those with severe cases need to go to the hospital for surgery.

5. Persimmons and wine.

Wine tastes sweet, spicy and slightly bitter, and is hot and toxic, while persimmons are cold in nature. The two should not be eaten together. Moreover, when people drink, they often eat meat and other dishes. Protein foods are incompatible with persimmons. After biochemical reactions, they form clots, which are difficult to digest and difficult to excrete. Over time, they will cause illness. In addition, wine enters the stomach to stimulate intestinal secretion. Tannic acid in persimmons meets the stomach and forms a sticky substance, which is easy to entangle with cellulose to form persimmon stones, causing intestinal obstruction. Therefore, the saying that "persimmons can relieve alcohol" is not credible.

6. Persimmons and sauerkraut.

After eating persimmons, please do not drink too much acidic vegetable soup or too much water, otherwise you may develop gastric stones.

7. Persimmon and crab.

Crabs contain a lot of protein. If you eat persimmons while eating crabs, the protein will meet the tannic acid in the persimmons and may coagulate in the human stomach, turning into lumps that are difficult to digest and absorb, causing symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting, or diarrhea.